To:HIS MOTHER

Written:Written September 28, 1911Published:First published in 1929 in the journalProletarskaya RevolyutsiyaNo. 11.

      Sent from Lucerne (Switzerland).

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MariaAlexandrovna Ulyanova,Ugodnikovskaya Street, 26,Yelizarov’s Apartment,Saratov,Russia

Motherdearest,

Iam writing from Lucerne. I came to Switzerland quite
unexpectedly (on account of the meeting of the International
Socialist Bureau in
Zürich).[1]I am travelling round lec-
turing.[2]Yesterday I went out climbing on the Pilatus—
nearly 7,000 feet. The weather is wonderful so far and I
am having an excellent holiday. I embrace you fondly
and send very best regards to everyone.

Yours,V. U.

[1]Themeeting of the International Socialist Bureau was held on
September 23–24, 1911 in Zurich. Lenin spoke in defence of Rosa
Luxemburg against the opportunists among the German
Social-Democrats.

[2]Lenindelivered a lecture on “Stolypin and the Revolution” in
a number of Swiss towns—in Zürich on September 26, in Berne
on September 28 and in Geneva on October 2.